This following review was originally written by Mike Phillips for the Autogeek.net forums. It has been edited slightly for formatting. To view the original post, click here.
Ever evolving technology
It’s great to be a detailer in the year 2020 and beyond! There are so many new technologies being introduced at light-speed, the only way to even think you can stay caught up is to be ONLINE.
From the manufacturer:
NSP Z1 is a one-step primer and nanocoating designed for new or lightly contaminated vehicles that do not need a high degree of paintwork correction. It contains a unique nanostructure resin formulated with TiO2, SiO2 and composite engineered abrasives. It protects for a year or more and can be layered with waxes, sealants, and other coatings of comparable durability.
Wow! That’s a LOT to pack into a single product. But I’ve used it and love it.
Let’s start at the beginning…. a few weeks ago, after sharing my review for the new Dr. Beasley’s Nano Surface Primers, I get another Rx package in the mail from my good friend (and the man behind Dr. Beasley’s) Jim Lafeber.
Here’s the package….
And here are the gifts inside…
Yeah buddy…. me likes one-step products… 
It’s a known fact I’m an equal opportunity exploiter, but I appreciate my friends that take care of me… thanks Jim and everyone at Dr. Beasley’s. 
Demo Car
Anytime I get new product to test, it starts with the products-in-hand and then the perfect test vehicle. I just happen to have this old 2-door Chevy here for a LIVE class on how to clean and protect Alcantara AND the paint on this car needs some paint correction work. It’s not horrible, but it’s not perfect either — and this isn’t just any old Corvette — this is a Carbon 65 Corvette. To celebrate 65 years of Corvette history and legacy, GM built only 650 Carbon 65 units and these cars are saweeeeet!
Only one color – Ceramic Matrix Grey
While I love the color, it is hard to capture the fine swirls and scratches as well as water marks in light colors.
Here’s the best I could do to document the condition of the exterior when the car arrived.
Swirls in the Carbon Fiber Roof Panel – wait for it….
Ouch!!!! That hurts my eyes and my feelings…
There there, come to daddy, it will be alright… I’m going to make you feel all better….
Water marks everywhere on the paint
Most washed off, but there’s always the tale-tale sign of imprint rings from where water continually lands and then dries over time.
It was easier to show the water marks using the headlights, but the paint looked the same way…
Products and Process
Sorry, no pictures of me doing the work part, but I can guarantee you — the car didn’t buff itself out. 
I used SONAX Glass Cleaner to do a waterless wash and then clayed using an ultra fine grade clay, also with the SONAX Glass Cleaner.
Product – Z1 of course. 
Look at the paint glisten in the background…
Tools – I used the FLEX Supa BEAST and the FLEX PiXiE. I used the FLEX Supa BEAST for the larger flat panels and the FLEX PXE 80 for the thin panels and the rear spoiler.
The Supa BEAST is the updated version of the BEAST by FLEX
For most tools I’m always on the high speed setting. When it comes to getting a car detailed fast, there’s something to be said for SPEED.
Pads
Because the damage was light, I didn’t need a lot of pads like I tend to show with all the cars I detail, because those cars ARE so bad. I used 3 Lake Country 6.5″ Force Hybrid White Foam Polishing Pads for the body panels and a couple of FLEX 3.5″ foam pads for the thin panels and intricate areas.
On the first and center pad you can see some DIRT FILM build on the pads – this is called Road Film or Traffic Film – here’s my article from 2013. The green pad is a foam polishing pad and the orange pad is a light cutting pad.
Towels – Cobra Storm Gray Edgeless Microfiber Polishing Cloth
What’s touching your car’s paint?
These Cobra Storm Gray Edgeless Microfiber Polishing Cloths are edgeless and similar to the Forrest Green towels you see me use all the time. These have a FLAT WEAVE so they are less likely to become contaminated over time and this means less risk of scratching your paint. Real simple stuff, real basic stuff, but real important stuff — I would say from experience most people don’t think about this stuff unless they are a reader of my work.
Results? Note how the tube of Z1 is out of focus but the car is in focus…
The Beauty Shots
The Z1 leaves a really nice high gloss finish with excellent clarity.
Glossy or GLASSY like you expect from a coating…
Review
This is a really nice product, and I’m going to switch over to the Z1 to take care of my own daily driver. One of the features of this product is that it’s NOT super aggressive — thus it’s perfect for doing regular maintenance for daily drivers without the risk of removing too much of the already precious (and thin) factory clear coat while getting the protection and longevity of the unique nanostructure resin/coating formulated using TiO2, (Titanium Dioxide), and SiO2 (Silicone Dioxide). That just plain sounds POWERFUL!
Product characteristics
The unique tube
The tube delivery system is unique to Dr. Beasley’s new Nano Surface Primer family of products. You should shake the product well before use (and during use) and also store it upright standing on it’s lid. When using the product, storing it upright ensures the liquid is at the cap and ready to dispense onto the face of your buffing pad. Simple, but genius at the same time.
Me? I’d probably like the QUART size tube. Hint hint… 
Product consistency
This is also something unique about the product, unlike most compounds, polishes and all-in-ones, the family of NSP primers, including Z1, have a somewhat textured consistency that you can see in this close-up shot.
Dusting
There is no dusting. Period. A+
Buffing Cycle
Infinity buffing cycle. As long as you work the product, it seems to stay wet on the surface, enabling you to either short cycle or long cycle your section passes depending upon how long YOU want to buff. By this I also mean if you’re going after deeper defects, or working on harder paint, you can buff longer with the same amount of product to get the job done. If you’re just doing light correction, then you can short cycle your section passes and move on. A+
Cutting ability
While Dr. Beasley’s website states,
for new or lightly contaminated vehicles that do not need a high degree of paintwork correction
I easily removed #5000 grit sanding marks using a foam polishing pad on a free spinning 15mm random orbital polisher. Not bad, huh? I was impressed. I can make a video to show this if anyone is interested. Just put that in your comment. Of course, some of you will push anything and everything to the limit and then complain if it doesn’t exceed your expectations so please — keep it real man. A+
Wipe-off
Wipe-off using a flat weave towel was easy. I know of other products that wipe off easier, but I know of a LOT MORE products that wipe off a lot harder. I would give this product a B+.
Slickness
Most “coatings” leave paint feeling rubbery. Mike doesn’t like the rubbery feel on his car’s paint, and I won’t use products that leave the paint feeling rubbery. And when I don’t like how a product feels on the paint, I start typing in 3rd person… That said, the Z1 does leave a more wax like slick feel than a coating-like rubbery feel. I give it a B for slickness.
Gloss
Did you see the pictures above? A+
Longevity
Dr. Beasley’s claims 1 year for protection. Me? I’m the guy that’s always educating everyone that how long ANY product lasts 100% absolutely depends on how the surface is TOUCHED after the deal is done. In fact, I have an article on this topic here. Because the Corvette has left the building, I have know idea how it’s going to be touched or washed and dried (that’s what I mean by touched in this context).
Water Beading
Alas – the car is gone and I forgot to throw a cup of water on it before it left – so next time.
Summary
So far I’m really like the NSP technology in all of Dr. Beasley’s Nano Surface Primer products and this new Z1 is no exception. And to Jim and his team’s credit — they are at this point in time — the leaders in this technology.
My advice? Get you some and make your car look gooder. 
Dr. Beasley’s products on Autogeek (including the NSP Nano Surface Primers)
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NSP Z1 From: $39.99
Mike,
Thanks for posting this wonderful review of Dr. Beasley’s NSP Z1. This looks like it is going to be a perfect “one step” polish, primer, and coating. Detailers around the world will rejoice if this is as good as it sounds and appears from your review. Let’s face it, most “detailers” are mobile detailers doing mostly daily drivers. Many of the ones seen on YouTube are doing “exotic” cars for people who have car collections or maybe even just one exotic, but the point is the fact that those people can pay thousands of dollars (upwards of $10,000 or more sometimes) for extreme levels of detailing that 99.9% of the drivers in the world simply do not want or need. 90% of the drivers around the world want their daily driver or even their “weekend toy” to look as good as possible and have a good coat of protection on it. Sure they want it to look fantastic, as all car crazy people surely want, but for a reasonable price. And in the eyes of MOST people out there, NSP Z1 would perform a superb level of correction and protection which they would be thrilled with! And another great thing about Z1 is that for people that like doing the work themselves, like myself, it’s a great option, reasonably priced, and quite simply…WORKS. It’s amazing that a one step can do this level of correction pretty safely, using good prep and safe polishing techniques, and leave behind a nano coating that can give upwards of 1 year of protection. I don’t believe any product like this has been available before. Not at the level of correction it does, finish it gives, and the protection it leaves behind. That’s a “swan song” product in the eyes of many pro detailers and a weekend enthusiast like myself. I can’t wait to try this out and see what results I can get on my weekend toy. I’m excited to try this out. I just bought the 1201 nano coating and the Advance Coat: Gloss maintenance spray to maintain the 1201. I’m glad I didn’t apply it yet. I was waiting to do a light polish first. Now I know what polish I am going to use first….Z1! The perfect one step polish and the benefit of a primer and foundation layer of nano coating too! PERFECT! If it gives the results you show here, my car may not be a show car, but in my eyes, it will certainly look like one. Thanks again for posting this. I’m excited to try these products from Dr. Beasley’s out. I also just got their micro suede cleaner and protectant for my interior and I am also excited to try those out on my microsuede seat centers, door card inserts, and other bits of microsuede inside the car. Being a Dr. Beasley product, I am confident the product will perform exceptionally as anything I have gotten from them has. I’m impressed with Dr. Beasley’s product range, value for money, and the performance. I think if I had to pick ONE company to buy my detailing products from at this point, it would be Dr. Beasley’s! I’m slowly migrating towards that mind-set. Narrow down the two many products I already have and stick with a company that makes effective products that complete all my detailing requirements and needs and work well together since they are made by the same manufacturer. There is simply such as VAST and staggering array of products out there now days…IT’S MIND BOGGLING!!!! It truly is. A new enthusiast just getting into more intricate detailing past “washing your car with a bucket” can get real confused, real quick. Then get caught up in what I describe as “the black hole”, trying to buy every single new detailing product reviewed on YouTube to make their Honda Civic 4 cylinder daily driver look like a Lamborghini Aventador, which hey, if that’s their passion, go for it. But, is it necessary? Not in the least. Steer the up and coming car detailing enthusiast in the right direction with a few basic products and some solid foundational training, tips, and tricks, and they could make that Civic look like the best Honda Civic in their city and be the vehicle that everyone else in the city will lust to look like. The car that everyone around goes, “Hey, did you see so and so’s car yesterday going down “A’ street”! That’s the creds you want for a reasonable amount of hard earned greenbacks and some elbow grease. It can be done. Then you have a little of those green backs still remaining to take out your significant other to a nice dinner, a walk in the park for a picnic lunch (we’re still social distancing so that’s fine too). Do a picnic lunch with his or her favorite foods…in a romantic park, beach, lake, river, sit down on the grass, become more acquainted with each other and make a special memory of our unique time on earth right now. Lay back and stare at your significant other and make them feel they are most special person in your life at that very moment, while secretly sneaking one eyed peeks, just past them, parked to the left, of that beautiful Honda Civic you just polished on your own, to a stunning level of perfection using Z1 and topping it with 1201 Nano coating! The slight smile that comes across your face at that very moment says it all. You’ve made it.
Hi Guys,
Can this product be used on a surface that has been previously ceramic coated
Absolutely!